Hair-winding means



March 27, 1928. 1,663,772

C. NESSLER HAIR WINDING MEANS Filed Feb. 2, 1927 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

HAIR-WINDING MEANS.

- Application filed February 2, 1927. Serial No. 165,333.

coiling or winding the strands by hand on I supporting or curling rods which are insorted into tubular heaters to carry out the heat treating step ofthe hair waving operation. Winding or coiling the strands by hand is likely to result in haphazard or nonuniform laying of the windings on the rod.

Devices for mechanically winding or coil.- ing the strands of hair on the curling rods have also been developed but :none of these devices, so far as I am aware, is so constructed that it will operate effectively with strands of hair of different thicknesses.

A general object of the present invention is to provide a winding device capable of use with curling rods of different sizes and r with strands of different thicknesses and which will .simulate'the uniform and tightwinding produced by the fingers of only the most skilled operators.

. The invention comprises a curling rod and a winding device adapted to be rotatably mounted on the rod. The winding device includes a pair of jaw members adapted to be adjusted into gripping relation to a strand of hair so that when the winding device is rotated about the rod the strand will be helically wound in coiled relation thereto.

A feature of the invention is the provision of friction surfaces such as rubber, or the like, on the gripping faces of the jaw members. With this construction a gripping action on the strands, simulating the effect produced by gripping the strand in the operators fingers, is effected.

Another feature of the invention resides in the combination of the winding means referred to with means for gripping the strand at one-end of the rod and aclip member for holding the free end of the coiled strand at the conclusion of the winding operation.

Other features of the invention will be hereinafter referred to.

In the drawings, in which a preferred-embodiment of the invention has been selected for illustration: 7

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation of a hair curling device embodying the invention;

' Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig.1 showing the parts in openposition; I

Fig. 4 is a view in vertical sectionof the structure shown in Fig. 2; i

Fig. 5 is a View in side elevation showing the position of the parts at the beginning of a hair curling operation;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the parts at the completion of a strandwinding operation;

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings for a more detailed description of the invention, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 there is shown a hair curling device embodying the invention and adapted to be used in connection with hair curling rods of different types of construction. The device illustrated includes a tube section 10 having a diameter such that the tube can be placed in position on curling rods of different diameters. In order to hold the tube section in position on the rod, 3. spring friction member 11 is provided whichhas a bowed construction such as to bear ag' inst the surface of a rod which passes through the tube section. j

The tubular section 10 referred to provides a support or base for a pair of strand gripping jaw-like members 12 which are mounted on arms 13 terminating in spring members 14 which are attached as at 15 to the tubular casing 10 at opposite sides thereof. With this construction it will be seen that the jaw members 12 are resiliently mounted on springs which are tensioned to normally spread the jaws to their open or separated position.

In order to cause the jaw members to exert a friction grip and a cushioned action on the strand engaged thereby, simulating the effect produced by gripping the strand between the fingers of an operator, the jaws are encased by sleeve members 16 formed of rubber or the like.

In order to adjust the jaw members into gripping relation to an interposed strand of hair, an actuating member 17 is provided which can be moved longitudinally of the casing 10 to thereby engage andforce the arms 13, carrying the jaws 12, into close en,-

gagement with the opposite sides of the tubular casing 10 to thereby move the jaw members 12 into close adjacency to each other. In order to facilitate the operation of the actuating member 17, the periphery thereof is knurled as is shown and a knurled flange .member 18 provided on one end of the tubular section 10 facilitates the operation of the device.

It will be noted that the fingers 13, are mounted upon opposite sides of the traveling member 10, and project some distance parallel with. the axis of the rod 22, and then are laterally off-set at 28, so as to dispose the free ends in laterally spaced relation to the rod and substantially parallel therewith.

This construction provides free outstanding finger ends which are fully accessible to the operator in manipulating them when inserting the hairstrand between the fingers for the winding operation.

The interior wall of the annular slide 17, is provided at opposite points with longitudinal guide-grooves 26, for reception of the fingers 13, the outer faces of which are inclined outwardly at 27, in the direction of the free ends of the fingers, so as to provide a wedging action between the slide and fingersin the closing movement. The fingers are closed on. the hair-strand with a pressure which may be regulated by the adjustable actuating member 17, so that the hair-strand may easily slip throu h the fingers where it is confined by the end plate 21, and the pin 19, carried by the fingers. I

In order to prevent relative movement of the jaw members 12 with relation to each other when in strand engaging position, one of the members is provided with a pin 19 which is adapted to engage in a recess 20 provided for the purpose in the face of the other member, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. In addition, an end plate 21, carried by one member, is adapted to be brought into engagement with the end surface of the other member when the jaw members are in closed or operating position, thereby preventing withdrawal of the strand from between the engaging surfaces during a winding operation.

Referring to Fig. 5 of the drawings, a coiling device is shown in position on a curling rod 22 provided with a stand gripping member 23 at one end thereof. A strand 24 of hair is gripped in the device 23 and is passed between the jaws 12 of the coiling device. The actuating member 17 is moved away from the flange 18 and along the tube section 10 to the position indicated to thereby inove the jaws 12 into engaging'relation to the strand 24. Thereupon the coiling device is rotated about the rod 22 to lay or wind the strand 24 in a helically coiled position on the rod. The appearance of the strand, when thus wound on the rod 22, is

hair strand to hold the strand in its coiled or wound position on the rod and to maintain the wound relation of the strand during the subsequent heating operation.

It will be clearthat atthe completion of the winding operation, the winding or coiling device is removed from the curling rod and used in producing a winding operation in connection with another strand on another curling rod. In an ordinary operation, a

considerable number of curling rods are used on which the strands are wound preparatory to the heating treatment which is necessary to produce the permanent wave formation desired.

Preferably the strand gripping device'23 follows a construction shown in companion application, Serial No. 165,332, filed February 2, 1927.

l/Vhat I'claim is:

1. In a device for curling hair, a curling rod, a winding device including a tube section adapted to be removably received on the rod, a pair of fingers resiliently supported on the tube section, and projecting beyond the same parallel with and spaced from said rod, and means for adjustably moving the fingers 1 nto gripping relation toa strand of hair, said winding device being adapted to be rotated about the rod to wind the strand thereon.

2. In a device for curling hair, a winding device adapted to be removably mounted 'on a curling rod. a pair of resiliently mounted fingers included in the device, an actuating member for moving and holding the fingers in gripping engagement with the strand of hair,- and adjustable longitudinally of said fingers. and said fingers having cushioned faces for engagement with the strand.

3. Ina device for curling hair, a curling rod, a member movable along and rotatable rod, a member movable longitudinally ofand rotatable around said rod. hair-strand engaging fingers carried by said member and spring means for normally holding said fi1igers open for the reception of the hairst'rand, and means adjustable along said fingers for gradually closing them on the hairstrand.

5. In a device for curling hair, a curler rod, a membermovable along and rotatable around said rod, hairstrand engaging finmounted to travel along and rotate around said rod, said fingers being secured to said member in parallel relation with said rod and each formed with an oifset spacin the free ends of the fingers from said rod, 1; eIe- -by giving full access to the finger-ends for manipulating the same in operation.

7. In a device for waving hair, a curler rod, a member movable along and rotatable around said rod, hair-strand engaging fingers mounted on said membentand projecting beyond the latter in outstanding relation to the rod, and the free end of one of said fingers being provided with a closure part for closing'the space between the fingers when the hair-strand. is inserted therebetween. a

8. In a devicefor waving hair, a curler rod, a member movable along and rotatable around said rod, hair-strand engaging fingers mounted on said movable member and having their free ends projecting parallel with said rod and in spaced relation thereto,

a closure part mounted on the end of one finger and a pin projecting from the contacting face of one finger and engaging the other finger when the fingers are cl sed on the hair-strand. A

9. In a device for curling hair, a curling- 40 rod, a member movable along and rotatable around said rod and provided with means for engaging the hair-strand as it is Wound about the rod, said member being provided with a spring bearing against the rodand 4 serving to frictionally retain said member thereon.

Signed at NewYork city, in the county of New York, and State of New York this 25th day of January, A. D. 1927.

CHARLES NESSLER. 

